Texas 89th Legislative Session
Reunification Therapy Abolished in Texas
This session Texas took a major stand against fake therapy that was being ordered at the expense of children but to the profit of fake therapist. Texas HB3783 was passed unanamously in both chambers during the 89th regular session.
House Bill 3783
In a significant victory for family court reform, survivor advocacy, and child welfare in Texas. HB 3783 amended Texas Family Code §153.010 to set new standards for court-ordered counseling in child custody and parent-child suits.
It protects children and victims of abuse by:
- Limiting counseling requirements to qualified professionals (master’s degree in family therapy, trauma/domestic violence trained)
Prohibiting certain harmful conditions:
- No forced isolation from family, religion, school, or community.
- No overnight/out-of-state stays.
- No mandatory no-contact orders or forced custody changes.
- No coercive transport methods involving transportation.
- No temporary or permanent change in the periods of possession of or access to a child who is the subject of the suit to which a conservator of the child would otherwise be entitled.
Reunification therapy, much like parental alienation, is a judicial construct that only exist in uninformed court rooms and are not recognized by Texas Family Code. Courts are now banned from ordering the above mentioned items. If you know of a court in Texas that is still ordering anything that HB 3783 abolished, send us a note.